[Mldxcc] Club Log Follow-up

[Dennis Moore]

Someone who couldn't attend the meeting asked me a bit about Club Log, 
and I decided to share my response with others in case they were curious 
about what Club Log is for, or how it can be used. Here it is.

Club Log is useful not only for seeing where your club sits in relation 
to other clubs, and where you stand within the club, but is also most 
useful as a tool to track confirmed contacts in your own log. Club 
standing is based on the average number of confirmed DXCC entities among 
the members who have uploaded their logs. The top clubs have an average 
of 300+ confirmed entities per person. We're currently ranked 57th place 
which isn't something we're really going to improve on, so I focused 
mainly on the QSL tracking.

LoTW tracks how many DXCC entities you have but doesn't really give you 
any information on those you've worked but haven't received confirmation 
from. Club Log shows how many countries you've worked (all time, or just 
this year, or last year), and how many of those are confirmed. It also 
provides information on whether those that are not confirmed use LoTW or 
Club Log which may provide information on how to confirm QSOs. The thing 
I really like is that it has a sync function with LoTW, so in your Club 
Log account you can provide your LoTW login information and it will 
transfer all of your LoTW confirmations over. So the steps would be to 
upload your adif log file from your logging program to Club Log, give it 
some time to apply those to your account, then use the LoTW Sync 
function to transfer over the confirmations. The DXCC Charts tab is your 
own place in Club Log to see all those worked and those confirmed. There 
are a bunch of filters available for looking at just CW, Phone, Data, 
and the period you are interested in. My logging program (N3FJP) lets me 
check a box if I received an actual QSL card, and when I upload that 
contact again to Club Log it shows it as confirmed. Note Some logging 
programs have the LoTW to Club Log sync function built in. Mine doesn't.

So far this year I've worked 135 countries and have 95 of them 
confirmed. You just can't get that information from LoTW in a simple 
fashion, but Club Log makes it one of its main features.

I'd suggest creating an account, uploading a log file and seeing what it 
can do for you. Let me know if you have any questions.

73, Dennis NJ6G